Shamrock Soda Bread

Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to create a shamrock from traditional Irish quick bread dough.

Total Time: 0:50

Prep: 0:20

Level:
Moderate

Serves:
6

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Ingredients

3 c. all-purpose flour

¼ c. packed light brown sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. fine salt

¾ tsp. baking soda

6 tbsp. unsalted butter

½ c. golden raisins

½ c. currants

2 tsp. caraway seeds

1 c. buttermilk

½ c. sour cream

1 large egg

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. Add butter and cut in, with two forks or a pastry blender, until well combined. Add raisins, currants, and caraway seeds and stir to combine. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk and sour cream. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until dry ingredients are moistened.

Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and gather into a ball. Knead until smooth, 8 to 10 times. Pat to circle, 1 inch thick. Cut out 3 hearts using a 3 1/2-inch heart-shaped cutter. Arrange in a clover shape on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Cut a strip of dough 1 inch wide by 3 1/2 inches long from scraps, and attach to clover to make a stem. Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water, and brush on top and edges of clover.